OK, today was the last straw with all the stupid forum login problems. One of our own freaking admins was locked out and I think it's about time we got this solved. If anyone has a forum login issue please send me a PM and we'll try and get this fixed once and for all.

It was the summer of 1996 when Mike and Craig first drew The Homestar Runner on that fateful afternoon. Now, ten years later, Homestar is everyone's second favorite web-cartoon character! In honor of his 10th Birthday, a cartoon has been made along with a sale on everything with a homestar theme, not StrongBad, not Trogdor, but the one and only Homestar.

Apparently, Americans aren't the only ones upset with current president George W. Bush. In Toronto, on September 10, the movie, Death of a President, is a "fictional documentery" featuring the president of the United States's death. I can't wait to see his response, if the movie will even be able to be released in the US, that is.

Across europe during October? Dont miss the 8th Contemporary Art Fair at the Congressional Center of Zurich. Drawing, paintings, sculptures, light installations, young korean art ... although there seems to be no pixel art , it might be an interesting visit. Details.

While PJ doesn't condone any criminal activity, we feel that you should be informed on the latest techniques in order to protect yourself from crime

This video provides you with information on how criminals can obtain a "bump keys" and how they utilize them. However, be aware that "bump keying" is completely useless against safes, so criminals have developed further techniques in order to break into them.

Astronomers have voted to strip Pluto of its status as a planet. About 2,500 scientists meeting in Prague have adopted historic new guidelines that see the small, distant world demoted to a secondary category. The researchers said Pluto failed to dominate its orbit around the Sun in the same way as the other planets. The International Astronomical Union's (IAU) decision means textbooks will now have to describe a Solar System with just eight major planetary bodies. Pluto, which was discovered in 1930 by the American Clyde Tombaugh, will be referred to as a "dwarf planet".

Arrays of thousands of tiny "super prisms" controlled by robotic muscles could bring real colour to TV screens for the first time, scientists say. The devices, known as electrically tunable diffraction gratings, have been built by researchers in Switzerland. They manipulate light to reproduce the full spectrum of colours on screen, impossible using existing technology.

Would you have a modding like your favourite cartoon characters?. A russian guy made Leela from Futurama to be his modding in a party. You can see how made it in the photographic gallery : http://mobbit.info/item/1704

A new movement is raising in the USA against possibles actions planned by the main Netservers, which threaten to regulate a web traffic based on $$$. To lead this movement for free Net, are selected three Net "stars" very-well known: Tron, Peter Pan and an odd woman who I don´t kown about. Click on "the video" to see the protest song (there are some guest stars).

Hooray for pixel graphics in child toys, but is PixelChix the promotion that pixel artists waited for? "Charming" monochrome pixel graphics on plastic toys for young girls combined with several animations and sound. Visit the product page, watch the tv spot and form your own opinion.

Lots of people feel inspired by movies and computer games, but instead of just pixeling Sakakibara Kikai simply build a real kind of mechwarrior thing. The machine looks nice and the neigbours will start to greet you for sure. Videos can be found on the product website.

We are a group of Megaman Fans who are developing a Megaman game for Gameboy Advance. The project started in 2003, and on August 14th we will release a new demo on our website that can be run in a GBA emulator for those who want to play it.

Our project involves a lot of sprite art, and the whole game is original and created by us. The only thing we’ve borrowed is the name and character Megaman and Alouette.

After the demo has been released, we will hold different competitions for spriters. We may also ask talented spriters if they’d be willing to help us out. If you find this project interesting then please take a look at our website. This is to my knowledge the first game developed for Gameboy Advance by non-professional people that use new and original graphics and music, and it’s a lot of fun to add.

Microsoft's Photosynth takes collections of images, analyses them for similarities, and then displays them in a reconstructed 3D space.

The technology works by scanning collections of photographs, which can be taken from different cameras at different times. It picks out distinctive features in each image and cross-references them against the other photographs, checking for similarities.

This allows it to pinpoint a feature's 3D position and to also calculate where the position of the camera would have been when the picture was taken.

The rumor's have it! The next Batman movie, entitled The Dark Knight, will begin production in 2007 and will feature none other than Heath Leger as The Joker. Returning will be Christian Bale as Bruce/Batman and Christopher Nolan is once again set to direct.

Let's hope they don't pull another Hollywood tradition of killing a franchise after the first movie. Read the full scoop at Sci Fi Wire.

There's a lovely little film festival in full swing right now in Traverse City, Michigan (full disclosure: I'm a native of Michigan). Documentary director Michael Moore, Governor Jennifer Granholm and actor Jeff Daniels were on hand Monday to kick it off. If you happen to be in northern Michigan there are still tickets for sale so come check it out.

My two big must-see movies for this week are Borat and The War Tapes. Any other movies in the lineup look interesting?

I've probably seen the original Back to the Future movie more times any other movie. It was the first movie we owned on VHS and it was years before we bought another tape. Imagine my suprise when I read that the Michael J. Fox role Marty McFly was originally played by Eric Stoltz (Mask, Pulp Fiction, 2 Days in the Valley). The crazy part is that they filmed 6 weeks (6 f**cking weeks!) with Eric Stoltz.

This is obviously very old news, but it just blows my mind to think about anyone besides Michael J. Fox playing Marty.